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Poll: McCain closes in on Obama in some states
THE RACE: The presidential race in Colorado ------ THE NUMBERS Republican John McCain, 46 percent Democrat Barack Obama, 44 percent ------ OF INTEREST: Obama led McCain by 5 percentage points in the same poll taken last month. McCain holds a...Tags: Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, John McCain, Minnesota, Michigan
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MTA votes to seek sales tax hike to fund L.A. County transit, roads
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority board today voted overwhelmingly to seek a half-cent sales tax increase that could raise between $30 billion and $40 billion for transit and highway projects, including the first link of a long-awaited subway to...Tags: Referenda, Elections, Sales, Road Transportation, Subway Transportation
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S. Africa looking for business in South Florida
South Florida Sun-SentinelSouth Africa is posting record economic growth and reaching out to boost already rising business with South Florida. Executives want to tighten bonds between their business gateway to Africa and South Florida, the gateway to the Americas. A South...Tags: Broward County, Broward Alliance, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Joint Ventures
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Poll: Obama leads McCain in Wisconsin
Associated Press WriterDemocrat Barack Obama continues to have a double-digit lead over Republican John McCain in Wisconsin, an independent poll released Thursday showed. Obama has an 11-point lead over McCain in the Quinnipiac University poll, down from 13-points in a June...Tags: John McCain, Newspapers, Indiana, Colleges and Universities, Connecticut
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Louisville, Ky., Ford plants to shift production
Associated Press WriterFord Motor Co. is going down the road ahead with Kentucky. The automaker announced on Thursday that the Louisville Assembly Plant, which makes the Ford Explorer midsize SUV, will be getting a flexible body shop and begin making smaller, fuel-efficient...Tags: Heavy Engineering, New Products, Industrial Production, Passenger Cars, Michigan
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Dems: beware 'irrational exuberance'
The Swampby Matthew Hay Brown With little more than a hundred days before the elections, the chairmen of the House and Senate Democrats' campaign operations both say they will expand their majorities come November. But as they try to reach deeper......Tags: Kansas, North Carolina, New York, Parliament, Georgia
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Dems take preemptive whack at Romney
The Swampby Jill Zuckman He hasn't even been picked yet. But with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney touted repeatedly by prognosticators as a likely vice presidential pick for Sen. John McCain, the Michigan Democratic Party is putting its two cents in.......Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Massachusetts, Michigan, Executive Branch
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Focus on cleanup efforts
To help jump-start redevelopment projects across the state, Gov. David A. Paterson signed a law yesterday that reforms the state's Brownfield Cleanup Program. The legislation caps redevelopment tax credits and increases incentives for the cleanup of...Tags: Credit and Debt, New York, Petroleum Industry, Natural Gas, Environmental Pollution
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Punchlines
Comedy writer Janice Hough: "John McCain says that Barack Obama could only make his trip to Iraq now because the surge is making it safe for him to be there. Almost as safe as it would have been for him to travel there before we invaded in the first...Tags: Barack Obama, Billy Joel, John McCain, Bill Clinton, Paul McCartney
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U.S. minimum wage rises
The Associated PressAbout 2 million Americans get a raise today as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage increase to consumers. The raise, from $5.85 to...Tags: Public Employees, Small Businesses, Damages, Labor Markets, Wages and Pensions
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